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The University Brevia PH.D. MAGIC: Illustration by Rick Stromoski Each Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin features "BackTalk," a chance for students to blow off steam, humorously and anonymously, in response to an off-the-wall question. In …
The Roberts Court
To honor the life work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, L ’59, LL.D. ’11, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (RIAS) convened a panel discussion of the Roberts Court on Radcliffe Day, …
Education School Announces Interim Dean
Thursday morning , the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) announced that Larsen professor of education and human development Nonie Lesaux will serve as interim dean when Dean Bridget Long steps down at the end of the academic year . Lesaux, who …
Breaking Ground in Allston
On November 1, the Harvard Allston Land Company (HALC) and development partner Tishman Speyer hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in Boston’s Allston neighborhood to mark the beginning of construction on the enterprise research campus (ERC). The event, …
Harvard Alumni Association Honorands
Six alumni have been recognized for their outstanding service to the University. Lewis “Lew” Auerbach ’63, A.M. ’64, of Ottawa, Canada, has served the Harvard Club of Ottawa for 40 years. As president, he increased membership and strengthened both …
Issue: November-December 2024
AI Anxiety
I recently copy-pasted an essay I’d written on Boston abolitionist movements into ChatGPT. “Chat,” I commanded, “please list three ways this essay is successful, and three areas for potential improvement.” The machine spat out an answer instantly, and as …
Issue: March-April 2025
The Fruit of Others’ Labor
Sue Greene, coordinator of The West Springfield Community Garden in Boston’s South End, has a few simple rules. Don’t plant trees and shrubs that will someday cast unwanted shade. Grow what you want. Have fun. “I’ve tried to cultivate the idea that …
Issue: May-June 2015
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars
Tuesday evening , nine Harvard Ph.D. students shared their research in short, TED-talk-style presentations at the Harvard Horizons annual symposium. Through this highly-selective program, the cohort spent 10 weeks learning how “to share their original, …
New England’s Forest Primeval
What did the New England landscape look like before European colonizers arrived? The prevailing view among modern historians is that Native Americans engaged in widespread horticulture and used fire to keep grasslands and pasturelands open. Now a study by …
New Digs
New digs: Claudine Gay settles in at Massachusetts Hall—just across the Old Yard from her former Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean’s office in University Hall—on July 5, the first (post-holiday) workday in the thirtieth president’s new administration. A …
Issue: September-October 2023
Insurgent Election
The most serene of American elections— the University’s annual balloting for members of the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) directors —resulted in a robust demonstration of alumni voters’ animal spirits: the outcomes of the …
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Mental Health Thank you for “ No Going Back to Normal ” and the compelling picture it provided of the very real crisis in youth mental health and the considerable detail it offered on the many thoughtful responses to the challenges it presents …
Issue: September-October 2022
Steeped
Americans sipping foamy sweet chai lattes from Starbucks or Dunkin’ probably don’t think of the tea tree originally discovered in Southeast Asia. They don’t picture the earliest spring leaves of the Camellia sinensis var . sinensis , hand-picked in the …
Issue: March-April 2022
“A Choice Not to Deal with Original Sin”
Speaking at Harvard Law School’s 2022 Class Day ceremonies on Wednesday, May 25, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’81, J.D. ’84, said that justice—the fight for freedom—is something each generation must defend. She reminded the audience that …
Environmental Action
The University will cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent during the next eight years, President Drew Faust vowed in a July 8 announcement. Harvard had already committed to ambitious environmental goals for the new Allston campus (see “ Growing …
Issue: September-October 2008